There are two species of streamertail hummingbirds on the island of Jamaica, West Indies—one with red-billed males (Trochilus ...

The Galápagos rail, a small, black, ground bird, hadn’t been seen on Floreana Island in the Galápagos since 1835, when ...

When he heard that Palm Beach yachtsmen were shooting brown pelicans for sport as the ponderous birds flew to their nests on a small island not far from Melbourne, Florida, President Theodore ...

While brown pelicans were hit hard, making up the vast majority of the nearly 400 bird deaths on the small island, the flu outbreak isn't likely to have any long-term impacts on the species ...